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NickMichalak, YES!!! a fellow EXORCIST III fan!! i agree so much that this is a under-appreciated gem. ironically, the movie and my other all time favorite THE CHANGELING (easily one of the creepiest, most atmospheric movies ever....that seance scene and the audio recording of it....!!!!!!) both star George C. Scott!

mlcm wrote: I don't care how jaded modern audiences are. I don't care how ponderous and self-important this movie appears in the modern times. I don't even care that I've seen the movie a hundred times.

This is, without a doubt, the best American horror film ever made.

That is exactly how this movie should be described more often. it is a great film, and in many people's opinions one of the best horror films ever made.

The problem with modern or younger audiences watching this with no context, is that many people who originally saw it describe it as being "on of the SCARIEST movies ever" and other descriptions along the same lines. which leads to much of the new audience to expect a scary movie in the modern sense, with jump scares and gore and blood. This is a Horror movie, in the psychological sense, not in an intensely bloody and action packed way that we think of it today.

Lasciviouss wrote: NickMichalak wrote: djblack1313 wrote: of course i DO like this movie but i still think EXORCIST III is underrated and is IMO one of the scariest movies ever. part III scares me way more than part I does.

i DO love that cover art though! gorgeous!

and DVDACTIVE, i love that you guys put Pazuzu as the star of the movie!!!! LOL. well done guys! LOL. A person after my own heart. I just watched Exorcist III again the other night. I rank that in my top three favorite horror movies of all time with Lord of Illusions and In The Mouth of Madness. Exorcist III just gets better everytime I watch it, and I can turn it on anytime. Even if it's on cable in full frame, I grabs my undivided attention. Sadly, it seems it will never get the special treatment it deserves. +2

Make that a +3. Really wish that someone had at least a master tape of Blatty's original cut... What a totally underrated and underappreciated film.

NickMichalak wrote: djblack1313 wrote: of course i DO like this movie but i still think EXORCIST III is underrated and is IMO one of the scariest movies ever. part III scares me way more than part I does.

i DO love that cover art though! gorgeous!

and DVDACTIVE, i love that you guys put Pazuzu as the star of the movie!!!! LOL. well done guys! LOL. A person after my own heart. I just watched Exorcist III again the other night. I rank that in my top three favorite horror movies of all time with Lord of Illusions and In The Mouth of Madness. Exorcist III just gets better everytime I watch it, and I can turn it on anytime. Even if it's on cable in full frame, I grabs my undivided attention. Sadly, it seems it will never get the special treatment it deserves. +2

djblack1313 wrote: of course i DO like this movie but i still think EXORCIST III is underrated and is IMO one of the scariest movies ever. part III scares me way more than part I does.

i DO love that cover art though! gorgeous!

and DVDACTIVE, i love that you guys put Pazuzu as the star of the movie!!!! LOL. well done guys! LOL. A person after my own heart. I just watched Exorcist III again the other night. I rank that in my top three favorite horror movies of all time with Lord of Illusions and In The Mouth of Madness. Exorcist III just gets better everytime I watch it, and I can turn it on anytime. Even if it's on cable in full frame, I grabs my undivided attention. Sadly, it seems it will never get the special treatment it deserves.

Count me in! I own the Exorcist on VHS (not even a DVD) so this will sit perfectly in my Blu-ray collection. I'm usually against constant double dips, but this one offers a little more than the usual "well we added only one extra" debacle. Now the double dip I'm against is the Halloween one. Those extras aren't even worth an extra buck. Yawn.